Guwahati, Aug 16: The absconding suspect Anurag Chaliha was apprehended from Demow on Monday night by a joint team of Guwahati police and Sivasagar police for his alleged involvement in the sensational suicide case of BJP leader Indrani Tahbildar.

The husband of the deceased BJP Kisan Morcha Secretary Indrani Tahbildar has filed a case against Anurag Chaliha for being allegedly involved in the BJP leader’s suicide case.

The BJP leader’s husband, Ritesh Tahbildar, filed case no. 318/2023 against prime accused Chaliha at Chandmari Police Station under Indian Penal Code (IPC) sections 120(B)/306/384.

Police had revealed that the Indrani allegedly committed suicide by consuming an overdose of sleeping pills on August 11, 2023. The incident was reported later that day at around 5.30 pm.

According to reports, Indrani is alleged to have committed suicide on August 11, purportedly after intimate photos with a member of the BJP’s Kisan Morcha from Golaghat district went viral on social media.

Police investigation later revealed that Indrani Tahbildar had been suffering from acute stress disorder for the past couple of months and was habitually consuming sleeping tablets. The police also recovered a box full of sleeping pills near her dead body at her residence in Guwahati.

On the other hand, Chaliha was recently accosted by some unknown individuals from whom he had reportedly borrowed crores of rupees citing various reasons.

They are reported to have taken away his mobile phone, wrist watch, and later began blackmailing him with intimate images featuring him with the BJP Kisan Morcha leader Indrani Tahbildar.

Sources said that Chaliha was accused of embezzlement of over Rs. 10 crores and had allegedly duped several job aspirants over the past several months on the pretext of giving them job.

“During the investigation, many things coming out in connection with the suicide case of the BJP leader. We are taking the case very seriously and looking every aspect of the case,” said a police source.

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